We made up our mind at old age to make a pilgrimage and here we are
upon the camels backs in a desert and we don't even have any lodging to
rest a head in; anyway we get by as you can see. Possibly in a day or two
we could be on the move again and we probably would not have the chance
to greet you in time with Christmas and New Year drawing nearer and that
is why we send you our greetings before the holidays and we wish you from
the bottom of our hearts to spend the holidays and the 1969 to come in
abundance and plenty, joy and luck.

Yours Georgi and Sofia Stoichev
Our pilgrimage - if it was not quite a lie, then a truth it was not.

Thank you for the letter. I'm well and I climb up every day. Mamma is
a true hero she does not show her grief [unclear] climbs up [unclear] on
the balcony. There is no fun around without you. We will be waiting for
postcards from Europe. Remember us to Mitko,